Network Operations Specialist

Plans, implements, and operates network services/systems, to include hardware and virtual environments.

• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
• Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles.
• Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
• Knowledge of communication methods, principles, and concepts that support the network infrastructure.
• Knowledge of capabilities and applications of network equipment including routers, switches, bridges, servers, transmission media, and related hardware.
• Knowledge of organization's Local and Wide Area Network connections.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles used to manage risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data.
• Knowledge of information technology (IT) security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption).
• Knowledge of local area and wide area networking principles and concepts including bandwidth management.
• Knowledge of measures or indicators of system performance and availability.
• Knowledge of how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
• Knowledge of remote access technology concepts.
• Knowledge of server administration and systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods.
• Knowledge of telecommunications concepts (e.g., Communications channel, Systems Link Budgeting, Spectral efficiency, Multiplexing).
• Knowledge of Virtual Private Network (VPN) security.
• Knowledge of concepts, terminology, and operations of a wide range of communications media (computer and telephone networks, satellite, fiber, wireless).
• Knowledge of network tools (e.g., ping, trace route, nslookup)
• Knowledge of different types of network communication (e.g., LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, WWAN).
• Knowledge of web filtering technologies.
• Knowledge of the capabilities of different electronic communication systems and methods (e.g., e-mail, VOIP, IM, web forums, Direct Video Broadcasts).
• Knowledge of the range of existing networks (e.g., PBX, LANs, WANs, WIFI, SCADA).
• Knowledge of Wi-Fi.
• Knowledge of Voice over IP (VoIP).
• Knowledge of the common attack vectors on the network layer.
• Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).
• Knowledge of network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end systems performance monitoring), and tools.
• Knowledge of service management concepts for networks and related standards (e.g., Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
• Knowledge of symmetric key rotation techniques and concepts.
• Knowledge of security models (e.g., Bell-LaPadula model, Biba integrity model, Clark-Wilson integrity model).
• Knowledge of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data security standards.
• Knowledge of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards.
• Knowledge of Personal Health Information (PHI) data security standards.
• Knowledge of transmission records (e.g., Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Networking (IR), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi). paging, cellular, satellite dishes, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)), and jamming techniques that enable transmission of undesirable information, or prevent installed systems from operating correctly.
• Knowledge of an organization's information classification program and procedures for information compromise.
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration, Domain Name System (DNS), and directory services.
• Knowledge of controls related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of data.
• Skill in analyzing network traffic capacity and performance characteristics.
• Skill in establishing a routing schema.
• Skill in implementing, maintaining, and improving established network security practices.
• Skill in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting LAN and WAN components such as routers, hubs, and switches.
• Skill in using network management tools to analyze network traffic patterns (e.g., simple network management protocol).
• Skill in securing network communications.
• Skill in protecting a network against malware. (e.g., NIPS, anti-malware, restrict/prevent external devices, spam filters).
• Skill in configuring and utilizing network protection components (e.g., Firewalls, VPNs, network intrusion detection systems).
• Skill in implementing and testing network infrastructure contingency and recovery plans.
• Skill in applying various subnet techniques (e.g., CIDR)
• Skill in configuring and utilizing computer protection components (e.g., hardware…